Name: Leucite Hills

 

County: Sweetwater

 

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Longitude: 1085948W

Latitude: 414919N

 

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Elevation: 7648/2331

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Feature Type: Range

 

Origin of Name:

The Leucite Hills were named by S. F. Emmons, who first discovered the leucite-bearing rocks in 1871, while engaged in the work of the 40th parallel survey.

Source: WGA Guidebook, 1955

 

According to Kemp and Knight in "Leucite Hills of Wyoming", "the separate or detached exposures of the leucitic or their closely related rocks are now known to be twenty-two. They range from talus covered hills, isolated volcanic necks, and associated dikes as in the Boars Tusk and Badgers Teeth, to lava flows with cones, as in the case of most of the exposures."   

Source: Kemp and Knight

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: South Superior

 

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